Stove-pipe shelf



(No Model.)

A. W. STGSSMBISTER.

. sToVB PIPE SHELF. No. 284.256.'

Patented Sept. 4, 1883.

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PATENT EEICE.

E NEWPORT, KENTUCKx.

sTovE-PlPE SHELF.

SPECIFICATION forming `part of Letters Patent No. 284,256, datedseptember .4, 1883.

` V Application filed May 5, 18873. (No model.)

To aZZ wh0m t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT W. SToss- MEISTER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re-

,.siding at` Newport, Campbell county, Kentucky, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Stove-Pipe Shelves, of which the following is aspecication.

My invention relates to stove-pipe shelves, its object being theconstruction and arrangement of a shelf secured upon the stove-pipe andhaving a rotative action thereon, enabling it to be rotated out of theway whenout of use.

`porary oven for warming purposes.

It also consists inthe combination therewith of a-casng extendingdownward to the top of the `stove,'and constituting therewith a tem- Myinvention is illustrated in the accompafn in@ drawin s in which Figure lis'a lan y an g1 a: p

Vthe drawings by letters of reference.

rIhe shelf A is preferably of rectangular form, with asemicircularrecess atone side to fit upon. the pipe.1 The pipe B, which forms thepivot and'sustaining-post of the shelf, is

,preferably a cast section of pipe adaptedto t the stove and extendupward a sufficient distance to maintainthe shelf at a proper eleva-`tion above the surfaceof the stove. I The sec- K tion B of pipe ispreferably formed, when cast, of two parts, fitted together andconstitutinga cylinder, and is provided at a suitable height4 with acircumferential flange, b, which forms the rotating support for theshelf. The shelf is recessed around the margin of `its semicircular edgetovform a seat upon the ange b, and is secured to its position upon thepipe by two semicircular arms, c c, secured to the under s'ide of theshelf atpits recessed edge, and

extending beneath the flange b, partly or wholly around the pipe B,thus-preventing the lateral ing around the pipe.

neath the fiange b, and the shelf is prevented from lateral withdrawalby a wire or' band, e, attached to the edges of the shelf and extendmitsthe shelf to be rotated out of the way when out of use, and constitutesthe primary feature of my invention.

A further improvement 'consists in provid ing a casing of sheet metal,C, secured to the outer margin ofthe shelf, and extending thencedownward to-the top of the stove, provided in front with a suitableopening, and a sliding door, C', by which the structure can beconveniently used as a warming-oven.

It is obvious that these features of my invention maybe separately usedwith advantage, and need not therefore be used together unless desired,but that the rotating action of the shelf is equally advantageous withthe oven attachment.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Incombination with'the shelf A, adapt# ed to fit upon and around theflange b upon the stove-pipe, the arms-c c, embracing the pipe andforming'supportingarms for the shelf', substantially as specified.

2. In combination with the rotating shelf A, A

the casing C, constituting, with the shelf, a movable oven,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALBERT W. STOSSMEISTER. Witnesses: i

L. M. HosEA, ALEX. HAMILTON.

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